#StopHateredNow 2026, 11-15 May 2026

#StopHatredNow 2026 casts the spotlight on power and accountability.

 

#StopHatredNow is an intercultural and anti-racist week-long platform organised once a year in collaboration with several art and intercultural organisations. The platform strives to create discourse and offers tools to create a more inclusive, diverse and feminist art field; inclusivity, diversity, non-discrimination, accessibility and social as well as ecological sustainability are issues that determine the future of every art and cultural institution. In this year’s edition the Sámi-Norwegian artist Elina Waage Mikaelsen and Zimbabwean-born Norway-based dancer and choreographer Tendai Makurumbandi  take part alongside many other speakers. 

 

Programme highlights:

Monday 11 May: Institutional day – Power and Accountability

09:00-18:30 (EEST), Live programme.

The day’s programme is curated for those working at or with different art and cultural institutions, but anyone interested in the topics is welcome to join, it takes place on site at Hakaniemenranta 6 in Helsinki. 

Register for the Institutional day at the #StopHateredNow website

 

Tuesday 12 May: Community & Care

PANEL | How to Continue – On Community, Conflict & Care

11:40–12:30 (EEST), Programme online.

Panelists: Mitchell Esajas, Paola Jalili & Elina Waage

Moderator: Yasmin Ibrahim

Language: English 

 

Wednesday 13 May: Intersectional Entanglements

PANEL | Stories Make the World – The Power of the Stage

14:45–16:00 (EEST), Programme online.

Panelists: Isa Hukka, Noora Dadu & Tendai Makurumbandi

Moderator: Julian Owusu

Language: English + print interpreting

 

#StopHatredNow is free of charge and the events take place both on site in Helsinki and online. The events are held in English or Finnish and the language of each event is written in the programme. 

Find the full programme and stream the event on #StopHatredNow’s website.  

The Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute is supporting the participation of the Norway-based speakers.